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In 'Requiem,' her fifth book, Virginia Konchan takes the sacred seriously. She’s jocular with her subjects, including God, ...
“The point of my going away is that immeasurably more will open up. If I don’t go, the Holy Spirit won’t come,” says Jesus, in effect. “If you cling to me as a human friend, a warm presence, that’s ...
Ah! no! Little Jesus didn’t perform useless miracles like that, even to please His Mother. Why weren’t they transported into Egypt by a miracle which would have been necessary and so easy for God.
He was a prominent scholar and poet, alleged to have performed miracles. His poems are collected in The Complete Works of Lu Yan or The Complete Book of Ancestor Lu. The overwhelming majority of poems ...
In fact, Keita includes four poems spoken by major characters in Hansberry’s play A Raisin in the Sun, which was adapted into one of the most important films about Black migration. The horrors of ...
Blessed Makahamadze, a John Handley High School senior, received a full ride scholarship to Yale University. Provided photo ...
Ancient Chinese poems reveal the animal’s range has dropped about 65 percent over the past 1,400 years. The porpoise is critically endangered.
A Critical Turning Point in Qur’anic Studies. At the beginning of the 2000s, a decisive turning point occurred in Qur’anic and Islamic studies.
What archaeology can—and can’t—tell us about Jesus’ crucifixion. From the location of the “place of skulls” to ancient Jewish burial rites, here’s what archaeologists do—and don ...
Was Jesus God? Was He crucified? Did He Rise from the dead? Every other detail about Jesus's life, ministry, arrest, trial and death sentence, are secondary in comparison.
On a Zoom call from her neat, book-lined home office in Princeton, New Jersey, Elaine Pagels explains how her latest book, “Miracles and Wonder: The Historical Mystery of Jesus,” differs from ...
Skepticism is spawned in hearts “weary of considerations,” hearts that close themselves to wonder, even the greatest of miracles. No, Jesus comes back to claim his loved ones.